Thirty colonies of a white creamy isolate were noted at 24 hours on the sheep blood agar of a catheterized urine culture from a 53-year-old male hospitalized for a ruptured appendix. The MacConkey agar showed no growth. The agars were inoculated using a 0.01 mL calibrated loop.
On further testing, the white colony produced the results observed in the image provided.
Source: CDC/Dr. Godon Roberstad
This organism should be reported as
A) 300 colonies/mL of yeast not Candida albicans.
B) 300 colonies/mL of Candida glabrata.
C) 3000 colonies/mL of Candida glabrata.
D) 3000 colonies/mL of Candida albicans.
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